Dark matter and energy Research update Are giant galaxy clusters defying standard cosmology? Cluster known as El Gordo formed too soon to be explained by dark matter-based theories, astrophysicists claim Read article: Are giant galaxy clusters defying standard cosmology?
Dark matter and energy Research update Binary-star study favours modified gravity over dark matter Not everyone agrees that dark matter’s days are numbered Read article: Binary-star study favours modified gravity over dark matter
Dark matter and energy Research update Stars powered by dark matter may have been seen by the JWST Observation could explain why there appears to be lots of ancient galaxies Read article: Stars powered by dark matter may have been seen by the JWST
Dark matter and energy Research update Tiny levitating spheres could join the hunt for dark matter Novel detector would target exceptionally light relatives of the axion particle Read article: Tiny levitating spheres could join the hunt for dark matter
Astronomy and space Interview Ask me anything: Nicole Bell – ‘Collaboration is the norm: we achieve more when we work together’ Nicole Bell is a dark-matter physicist and the new president of the Australian Institute of Physics Read article: Ask me anything: Nicole Bell – ‘Collaboration is the norm: we achieve more when we work together’
Dark matter and energy Research update New theory links supermassive black holes and dark energy The monstrous black holes at the heart of every galaxy could be the source of dark energy, the force accelerating the expansion of the universe Read article: New theory links supermassive black holes and dark energy
Dark matter and energy Research update New Horizons probe may have observed light from decaying dark matter Excess cosmic optical background could come from axions Read article: New Horizons probe may have observed light from decaying dark matter
Dark matter and energy Research update Dwarf galaxies appear to be missing dark-matter halos Galactic distortions could point to alternative theories of gravity Read article: Dwarf galaxies appear to be missing dark-matter halos
Dark matter and energy Research update Quantum sensor shrinks dark matter’s parameter space Exposure of xenon atoms to time-varying magnetic field places new limits on axion-like particles Read article: Quantum sensor shrinks dark matter’s parameter space
Dark matter and energy Research update Exoplanets could be used as dark-matter detectors Elusive substance is expected to warm up exoplanets Read article: Exoplanets could be used as dark-matter detectors